Attachment for chairs.



G. P. INGERSOLL. ATTAGHMENT FOR CHAIRS. APPLICATION FILED MAR.20, 1909.

x 944 33 1 Patented Dec. 28, 1909.

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STATES UNTTE CORNELIA P. INGERSOLL. OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

ATTACHMENT FOR CHAIRS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1909.

frame to be attached to the back of a chair sov that the person in thenext rear seat may have an opportunity of hanging a garment and a hat,and may also have the use of a mirror for toilet purposes, which,however, is adapted to be closed by a cover so as to occupy a minimumamount of room.

The invention has been fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which similar characters denote similar parts, and in which- Figure 1is a side view of a chair with my improved attachment in place, andhaving indicated thereon a hat and garment. Fig.

2 illustrates the same device with the hat removed and the mirroropened, and in position to be used. Fig. 3 represents on a larger scalea top view of my improved device. Fig. 4 is a face View thereof, thecover being partly broken away. Fig. 5 is a section on line 5, 5 of Fig.4, and Fig. 6 is a similar section with the parts in a position topermit the use of the mirror.

My improved attachment comprises a base plate 10 having side flanges 11on the upper portion of which is pivoted a mirror 12 which in itspreferred form is made of polished metal having a crown or sphericalsurface so that the image reproduced thereby will be smaller than theoriginal but will refiect in its entirety an object which may be largerthan the surface of the mirror. The mirror is provided at its upper edgewith trunnions 12 extending through suitable apertures in the flanges11, and is gravitative in its action to slightly open or swing away fromthe back of the chair which, as a rule, has an inclined back. Inasmuchas it is essential to the practical utility of the mirror that theposition of the latter when open ready for use shall be such as toconform to the distance between the back of the chair and the front edgeof the seat of the next chair, and, furthermore, as the angular positionof the mirror also depends upon the height of the device relatively tothe seat of the next chair, means are provided whereby the properposition of the mirror shall be gaged and maintained at all times, andfor this purpose I employ a member which is preferably resilient intending to close the mirror against the back of the chair when thelatter is not in use. This member consists in the present instance of acover 13 pivoted with its lower edge on a rod 14 extending between andthrough the flanges .11 of the base plate, said cover being slightlycurved to correspond to the curvature of the mirror 12 above described,and also having flanges 15 adapted to pass inside of said flanges 11 soas to inclose the mirror when the cover is closed.

The cover 13 is normally held in its closed position by a coil spring16, one arm of which projects into engagement with a lip 17 of thecover, and the other arm of which is in engagement with the projection18 on the base plate.

From the foregoing, it will be understood that when the cover 13 isswung downward, the mirror 12 may be swung outward and upward, and theresiliency of the spring 16 will hold the cover 18 frictionally againstthe lower edge 12 of the mirror, and the latter may be thus moved untilthe edge 12 comes into position to enter a recess 19 provided thereforin the cover, as clearly seen in Fig. 6, this recess limiting themovement in both directions. In other words, in order to move the mirrorback in its normal or closed position, or to allow it to gravitate, thecover 13 must be swung downward sufiicient-ly to relieve the recess 19from the edge 12".

The garment hanger which constitutes a part-of my improved device isformed by curling the lower edge of the base plate 10 to form a loop orhook 20 disposed below the cover hinge 14 so that the cover maybe openedwithout in any way interfering with or necessitating the removal of thegarment hanging thereon.

Inasmuch as the primary object of the mirror is to facilitate meanswhereby the ladies may properly replace their head coverings beforeleaving the theater, and it therefore follows that the mirror can beclosed and covered when the hat is to be placed on the device, I haveprovided means whereby a hat may be attached by virtue of a hat pin tothe device, this meansconsisting substantially of a supporting ledge 25formed by bending the upper edge of the base plate 10, and having anaperture 26 through which the hat pin, after passing through the hat,may be passed until the lower end of the pin will find a position in anindentation 27 formed in the recess rib or bead 19 of the cover, so thatin this manner the hat pin is really supported in two places and will,therefore, preserve its position without liability of swinging around inthe aperture 26 and to allow the hat to drop to the floor.

All the several movable elements of my improved device can be veryreadily made from sheet metal stamped into proper shape, and they may befinished in any desired style. Likewise many changes may be made in theparticular construction or configuration of these different elements andin their organization relative to each other Without departing from thespirit of the invention.

I claim 1. The combinationwith a base plate, and a mirror pivotedthereon with its upper edge, of a cover pivoted near the lower edge ofsaid base plate, means for normally closing said cover, and means onsaid cover to engage the free edge of the mirror and for holdin the samein its tilted position.

2. T e combination with a base plate having side flanges, and a mirrorpivoted with its upper edge on said flanges, of a cover pivoted with itslower edge in said flanges, a spring for normally closing said coveragainst the base plate for frictionally engaging the lower free edge ofsaid mirror.

3. The combination with abase plate, a mirror pivoted with its upperedge at a point below said ledge, of a cover pivoted with its lower edgeon the base plate and having a recess for receiving the lower edge ofsaid mirror, and a spring for normally closing said cover against thebase plate. I

4. The combination with a base plate having an apertured ledge, and amirror pivoted with its upper edge at a point below said ledge, of acover pivoted with its lower edge on said base plate and having a beadrecess adapted to receive the lower edge of said mirror and to hold thesame in its tilted position, said bead having an indentation on itsoutside for cooperation with the aperture in said ledge to hold a hatpin or similar device.

GORNELIA i3; INGERSOLL.

Vitnesses V MARGARET E. ONEILL, RICHARD F. ELY.

